USSEC Staff Writer
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Our Farms
Mark Jackson: A personal story about farming and the future of agriculture
In 1890, Mark Jackson’s great-great-great-grandfather bought a plot of land in southern Iowa. Five generations later, Mark is still farming that same land but using…
Cover Crops
Cover crops reduce loss of nitrogen and phosphorus to waterways
From Corn and Soybean Digest: Even though planting season has not yet started in full force, many fields across Iowa are already turning green. These…
Water
Water Conservation Highlighted by National Geographic
Global magazine spotlights one of the production practices that make U.S. soybean farmers the most sustainable in the world U.S. soybean farmers are among the…
Quality
U.S. Soy delivers best nutritional bundle
A comparative analysis of soybean meal reveals: U.S. Soy delivers best nutritional bundle Commercial samples were gathered over eight consecutive years from the world's largest exporters…
Buyers
The importance of long-term partnerships with overseas customers: An industry perspective
Lucas Blaustein wasn’t raised on a farm, and he speaks Mandarin Chinese. As an export trader for containerized commodities at Consolidated Grain and Barge (CGB),…